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additional $350 million will aid in the development of state of the art oil spill prevention and response technologies, education research and training. and more than $1 billion will go to the united states coast guard trust fund to be available for clean up and coffer sation for those affected by oil spills in the gulf and throughout the united states. now as part of its guilty plea b.p. will retain a monitor for four years who will oversee safety and maintenance in regard to drilling in the gulf as well as an independent auditor who will conduct annual reviews to enshurep compliance with the terms of this agreement. the company will hire an ethics monitor to improve it's its conduct and foster robust cooperation with the government. now there can be no question that this historic announcement is a critical step forward and under scores the justice determination to stand with gulf coast communities. in february the settlement tote ling $90 million related to the company's clean water act liability for the deep water horizon disaster. and approximately $45 million of this total will go directly to the
additional $350 million will aid in the development of state of the art oil spill prevention and response technologies, education research and training. and more than $1 billion will go to the united states coast guard trust fund to be available for clean up and coffer sation for those affected by oil spills in the gulf and throughout the united states. now as part of its guilty plea b.p. will retain a monitor for four years who will oversee safety and maintenance in regard to drilling in the...
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keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to work rebuilding roads, bridges and schools and reducing our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. on this last item, we face a very clear deadline. that requires us to make some big decisions on jobs, taxes, and deficit pis the end of the year. both parties voted to set this deadline. and i believe that both parties can work together to make these decisions in a balanced and responsible way. yesterday, i had a chance to meet with labor and civic leaders for their input. today i meet with c.e.o.'s of some of america's largest companies. and i'll meet with leaders of both party of congress before the week is out because there's only one way to solve the channels and that is to do it together. as i've said before, i'm open to compromise and i'm hope to new ideas. and i've been encouraged over the last week to hear republican after republican agree on the need for more revenue from the wealthiest americans as part of our arhett me tick if we're serious about reducing the deficit.
keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to work rebuilding roads, bridges and schools and reducing our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. on this last item, we face a very clear deadline. that requires us to make some big decisions on jobs, taxes, and deficit pis the end of the year. both parties voted to set this deadline. and i believe that both parties can work together to make these decisions in a balanced and responsible...
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medical technology. now with the accession to the w.t.o., russia has agreed to substantial tariff reductions for imported medical equipment. again, creating a great opportunity for american medical device innovators to increase exports, grow their businesses, and create many new jobs. but unless we pass this legislation, unless we move forward, our competitors will continue to have a distinct and unnecessary advantage. we need to pass pntr with russia, not only for countless minnesota businesses, trying to compete and win in today's marketplace, but also more importantly for 60,000 minnesota jobs that are tied to a robust trade agenda. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i now yield a minute and a half to another member of our committee who is so active on trade issues, mr. blumenauer, from the great state of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. 1 1/2 minutes. mr.
medical technology. now with the accession to the w.t.o., russia has agreed to substantial tariff reductions for imported medical equipment. again, creating a great opportunity for american medical device innovators to increase exports, grow their businesses, and create many new jobs. but unless we pass this legislation, unless we move forward, our competitors will continue to have a distinct and unnecessary advantage. we need to pass pntr with russia, not only for countless minnesota...
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life-saving technology was used. we tested every blood unit. in the last unit she got, we found was not all virus. that was a demonstration that the unit of blood was given to a person, and then the organs became vehicles for carrying west nile virus. you can see where right now we're seeing meningitis because of technology. the bacteria gets to the right place and and technology is there to allow for the disease to spread. that is the thing we want to be most aware of. hospitals in uganda working on control is going to be the best thing to keep ebola from getting out. >> according to some accounts, perhaps very important in the early spread of hiv was the hypodermic needle. it was being used to inoculate people with various types of medicines, including medicines to deal with malaria. there are not very many needles, so they were being reused. a writer who published a book about the origins of aids bring some new data to the idea the french colonial doctors injecting malaria medicines and medicines to fight against various kinds of venereal di
life-saving technology was used. we tested every blood unit. in the last unit she got, we found was not all virus. that was a demonstration that the unit of blood was given to a person, and then the organs became vehicles for carrying west nile virus. you can see where right now we're seeing meningitis because of technology. the bacteria gets to the right place and and technology is there to allow for the disease to spread. that is the thing we want to be most aware of. hospitals in uganda...
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we could have it flowing down technology -- slowing down technology. i do not think that is a good opera -- option. we have to speed up the levers of government. one example is an obvious need to speed things up. the way we do spectrum allocation globally today is the way we have done it for decades. we do have to cooperate internationally on spectrum. what one country does with spectrum could interfere with the spectrum use in a neighboring country. we have to cooperate. we need to sit down together and agree on allocations. the greatest works is once every four years, there is a big effort. given the rapid changes in mobile, what we are seeing with increase in demand, the pressures on infrastructure, it is hard to see how it will continue to make sense that the only time these international allocations issues are addressed is once every four years. there are lots of examples like this. one of the things we would all benefit from in international is instead of seeing the kinds of proposals i mentioned, i think global economic growth and opportunity an
we could have it flowing down technology -- slowing down technology. i do not think that is a good opera -- option. we have to speed up the levers of government. one example is an obvious need to speed things up. the way we do spectrum allocation globally today is the way we have done it for decades. we do have to cooperate internationally on spectrum. what one country does with spectrum could interfere with the spectrum use in a neighboring country. we have to cooperate. we need to sit down...
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it's modern technology. frankly it is the 24/7 news media. you make a mistake, you stick a foot in your mouth now, you got a real problem. it is the fact that the members leave their families back home. you can't be a good legislator 2 1/2 days a week. you have to work at it. so the combination of those things have contributed to the partisanship and the gridlock we have now. but the answer is simple. it's called leadership. >> right. >> men and women of good will, republicans, democrats, independents, conservatives, liberals and the president have to say, like we did when clinton was president, it ain't easy, it ain't bean ball, we got to get results. >> so i want to come back to that. let's talk about -- because if you're looking at the challenges that lay ahead over the next three to six months for the government, you have divided power. you have really serious fiscal problems that you have to show the ability to address. it's not unlike 1990. you were able to put together a pretty good package in 1990 that led to the -- that paved the way
it's modern technology. frankly it is the 24/7 news media. you make a mistake, you stick a foot in your mouth now, you got a real problem. it is the fact that the members leave their families back home. you can't be a good legislator 2 1/2 days a week. you have to work at it. so the combination of those things have contributed to the partisanship and the gridlock we have now. but the answer is simple. it's called leadership. >> right. >> men and women of good will, republicans,...
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it will mean less spending on a rigid on technology and less capital available to existing companies and less capital for entrepreneurs looking to go public on our market. a decline in american ingenuity but would be a consequence in overtime, there would certainly be decline of our position in the world. as all prices adjust to market forces could reach a point where investors refuse to buy u.s. treasury bonds. we see investors' reaction -- reacting to the potential of these realizations now through an aversion to risk. since 2007, over $1 trillion has flowed into bonds and even a greater amount has flowed out of equities. in addition to a lack of clarity about huge tax policy, -- about future tax policy, this act as a deterrent for investments. $1 trillion is moving into fixed income where it is basically paying zero. that shows a fundamental aversion to risk. for companies able to access the credit market, times have been pretty good. investor appetite for this debt translates into cheap money for many companies. many start up companies do not have access to debt financing. the co
it will mean less spending on a rigid on technology and less capital available to existing companies and less capital for entrepreneurs looking to go public on our market. a decline in american ingenuity but would be a consequence in overtime, there would certainly be decline of our position in the world. as all prices adjust to market forces could reach a point where investors refuse to buy u.s. treasury bonds. we see investors' reaction -- reacting to the potential of these realizations now...
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in addition to demonstrating that network news divisions can make money, there was a technological explosion. it wasn't just the three networks anymore. you have cable, satellite television, and the internet. now there are hundreds, even thousands of competitors out there. what is incredibly cheap to put on the air is a couple of people like you and me just yelling at each other. at talking. what draws an audience is when, in fact, we disagree. when, in fact, we get nasty with one another. what rupert murdoch's demonstrated is that there really was a hunger in america for something that was less liberal than what the networks for putting on the air. so, fox news was born. fox news has been hugely successful. it earns somewhere between $1.10 $0.50 billion a year. -- $1 and $1.5 billion a year. the folks at nbc took a look at what fox has been doing and figure out if they could make news skewing news to the right, if we could make half of that, let's ask you to the left. and so, you have on cable television news that caters to people who consider themselves progressives, news to people who con
in addition to demonstrating that network news divisions can make money, there was a technological explosion. it wasn't just the three networks anymore. you have cable, satellite television, and the internet. now there are hundreds, even thousands of competitors out there. what is incredibly cheap to put on the air is a couple of people like you and me just yelling at each other. at talking. what draws an audience is when, in fact, we disagree. when, in fact, we get nasty with one another. what...
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technology is increasing transparency. there might be some downside to this like the fact that i am on the holidays with my kids and the picture of my sunburned arse turned up on a tabloid. that is true. "bottoms up" was the headline, i think. [laughter] it should have been "rock bottom." the upside is that someone is up to no good in business or government, it is getting harder for them to hide it. this is true north as low as out of the equator. it is really extraordinary that the two parties who are the most important in a transaction that we called development assistance, the tumult of born parties give them money. these are the two people that know the least. that is mad. i know rationing is that. this is a tiny fraction of the federal budget, less than 1%. bureaucracy gets in the way. not everyone can see what is happening. the treachery of information is more information. african citizens are holding their companies to account. in uganda there monitoring elections of mobile phones. in kenya they're using web sites t
technology is increasing transparency. there might be some downside to this like the fact that i am on the holidays with my kids and the picture of my sunburned arse turned up on a tabloid. that is true. "bottoms up" was the headline, i think. [laughter] it should have been "rock bottom." the upside is that someone is up to no good in business or government, it is getting harder for them to hide it. this is true north as low as out of the equator. it is really extraordinary...
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we're creating a precedence for other nations who are developing the same technology. china has unveiled a new drone. the drone program has thus far been conducted with no oversight from congress or any other judicial body. congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure that programs are being conducted -- that are being conducted in the name of our nation are legal, transparent and accountable. we're holding a briefing tomorrow about this exact matter. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? mrs. biggert: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. biggert: today i rise to applaud two hometown heroes. one who saved a woman who nearly drowned on lake michigan. nicholas was enjoying time with his mother on a beach off of the indiana shore when he noticed an empty raft and swimmers in distress. thanks to his quick thinking and selfless instincts, he was able to rescue helen hernandez, pulling he
we're creating a precedence for other nations who are developing the same technology. china has unveiled a new drone. the drone program has thus far been conducted with no oversight from congress or any other judicial body. congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure that programs are being conducted -- that are being conducted in the name of our nation are legal, transparent and accountable. we're holding a briefing tomorrow about this exact matter. the speaker pro tempore: the time...
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with technology invest in the u.k. now at a 10-year high, it is not just the old industries growing again, it is the new. with all this and more, i truly believe in this new century, just as of the sentries that came before, our country, britain, can succeed. let me turn to hal. abroad isitain's sell of vital part of the answer. -- let me turn to how. our country will only rise if we let our people rise. if we back aspiration of those that want to get on in life, that means sorting out the welfare system and education, because the most powerful natural resources we have are our people. i took a whole cabinet today to an academy school in bristol to show exactly the kind of transformation we need in the education system right across the country. we need schools with high standards and high expectation so all of our children get a proper start in the new competitive world. of course we all need to deal with the deficit so we can safeguard low interest rates and give it businesses the confidence to invest in britain and c
with technology invest in the u.k. now at a 10-year high, it is not just the old industries growing again, it is the new. with all this and more, i truly believe in this new century, just as of the sentries that came before, our country, britain, can succeed. let me turn to hal. abroad isitain's sell of vital part of the answer. -- let me turn to how. our country will only rise if we let our people rise. if we back aspiration of those that want to get on in life, that means sorting out the...
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they were investing in technology and infrastructure and a ground game that was beyond 21st century. their ability to identify their voter even when that voter looked like our voter. that's the interesting thing that your statistics are showing folks who looked like a republican voter turned out to be an obama voter because they identified them, worked them and got them to the polls. host: blake is on the phone on the republican line in alabama caller: \[indiscernible] that was a long long time ago i guess. thanks for service to the party. i see first of all -- i was curious about a couple of numbers but before i get to that just a quick point about the money that people are talking about, how much money, that money made no difference and it seems like money made all the difference. in the summer romney had no money and obama was savaging him and he could not respond. and he was -- as a rich fellow and didn't care about the people. he never responded because he had no money. money was the problem. but coming to the statistics what i'm curious what percentage of the total vote, not th
they were investing in technology and infrastructure and a ground game that was beyond 21st century. their ability to identify their voter even when that voter looked like our voter. that's the interesting thing that your statistics are showing folks who looked like a republican voter turned out to be an obama voter because they identified them, worked them and got them to the polls. host: blake is on the phone on the republican line in alabama caller: \[indiscernible] that was a long long time...